Refresher and specialist training · Seaplane training
Seaplane training
Michigan Seaplane · 41D Seaplane Base, White Lake · United States
At a glance
- Training category
- Refresher and specialist training
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Airplane Single-Engine Sea rating
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Authority
- FAA
- Training framework
- FAA Part 61 (instructor-based training, no school certificate)
- Training base
- 41D Seaplane Base
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Seaplane training in a Piper PA-12-150 Super Cruiser at 41D Seaplane Base; the FAQ says most pilots finish with 6-10 flight hours plus ground and checkride preparation.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the FAA oral exam and practical checkride; examiner fee not included.
- Still required
- FAA oral exam and practical checkride (examiner fee not included).
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- Private Pilot Certificate with an airplane category rating
- Current medical certificate
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
USD 325Aircraft + instructor, per hourprice date 16 October 2026
Aircraft and instructor charged together per hour.
Per hour; covers aircraft, instructor and fuel per the page.
- Aircraft:
- Piper PA-12-150 Super Cruiser
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Included
- Rental basis:
- Wet (fuel included)
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Source: michiganseaplane.com/faq
Prices are shown in the original currency on the date given and are not converted. Hourly rates and package prices answer different questions and are not compared here. Check the school for current prices.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolFAAFAA Part 61 (instructor-based training, no school certificate)No school certificate applies
Scope: Seaplane instruction under Part 61; no FAA school certificate.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.